All Forum Posts by William Kline

Re: "Lyme Disease: Challenging Old Stereotypes"Picaridin(sp?) is proving quite effective for me, and I hike off trail a lot in MS, sometimes in or near swampy areas.Mossy and tick heaven! Permethrin (sp?)has turned out to be wonderfully effecti...

Pertex vs PGGreat article, very interesting. I always felt that my old pile garments were the absolutely best for dealing with wet weather, but of course pretty heavy for the warmth, or at least for the loft c...

Very interestingGreat report. We just finished a week (Sept 6-12) in the Wind Rivers of Wyoming with (rather large) tarps and hammocks. We had thunder, lightning(sp?), rain to sleet/hail and finally snow, all acco...

How much do vests help?Does any one here use vests, down or synthetic, to boost your sleep system, and if so, is it very helpful?
I layer my BMW PG parka and pants in a Speer Pea Pod over a hammock, as well as with ot...

Re: Re: Re: sandalsThanks. That answers that question. I had not read any discussion about it, other than he had an injury early on.
"Re: Re: sandals Posted 08/25/2008 22:18:08 MDT by Peter Laciano (pedro87)
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Re: sandalsI must admit that, as a weak ankle guy who was following that trip, I also wondered if Ryan would have been better off with boots like mine at that time. Of course, I'm sure that if the forces ...

Re: shed the boots - be a manI said that that my boots AND backpack were my last holdouts as I reduce weight. Because my pack is so super comfortable with a light load and also handles a very heavy load also. Most comfortable ...